[UPHPU] Adjusting Table

[jtaber]

Velda Christensen wrote:
> jtaber wrote:
>> Velda,
>> that's a really nice example - I noticed some width's (like padding 
>> and the menu bar are in em units while other widths (boxes) are in 
>> pixels (px).  I guess I don't understand the advantages of em vs px - 
>> why did you choose one over the other in each case ?  thks.
>
> Oh as to the advantage of why I usually use ems?   I like being able 
> to resize text, because I'm blind as a bat without my contacts and 
> have a habit of doing web design stuff when I've got insomnia.  
> Besides, I figure there are people who need big text at all hour so I 
> may as well help them out.
>
> Paragraphs are more readable if they're around 30 characters wide, 
> regardless of the text size, and if they have about 1-2 characters 
> width of space around them.  If you use pixels to define font sizes, 
> you lose the ability to resize text.  If you use pixels to define 
> paragraphs but not font sizes, you lose readability (think huge text 
> wrapping far too much or tiny text not wrapping enough).  So I use ems 
> to build the layout wherever I can.  Have a look at the novapages.com 
> layout and resize the text there - you'll see what I mean. :-)
>
thanks - good points (no pun intended).